Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Remington Nylon 66?

Anybody have one? If so, how do you like it? Anything to look for when buying one used? I handled one for the first time earlier this week and really liked its balance and feel.

I've have at least 1 around for the past 40+ years, but have 2 currently, as somebody here on 24-HCF twisted my arm until I bought his spare Nylon 66 and made it my spare Nylon 66. Go figure.

Not a particularly accurate rifle, as the "receiver" is just a metal cover over the nylon stock/receiver/forearm and it isn't 100% rigid, so a scope mounted via the "receiver cover" grooves tends to wander. They shoot OK with the factory equiped open sights. The trigger pull tends to be heavy, but it isn't a target rifle.

For casual plinking with open sights, the Nylon 66 is a fun little rifle, but if given a choice, make mine a Ruger 10/22 that has been messaged a little any day of the week.

JEff

PS - the Nylon 66 have a tubular magazine in the stock that generally feeds any brand of good/clean 22 LR ammo that you drop down the tube. The clip fed Nylon 10-C and 77 often don't feed quite as well.

Thanks Jeff, I'd want one for an open sighted plinker and their light weight would make them easy to carry all day when out and about. Think I might pick one up...

They have the chrome plated/black stocked one at Don's guns in Hood River if you want to drive 60 miles to your east.

Use one on gophers when we "roll in hot.."

I have owned more than a dozen of these since the early 70's and still have Mohawk Brown. I love these rifles with open sights but never cared for a scope because they just won't stay zeroed with the scope mounted on the metal action cover. Here is the one i own now.

Luv that pic! I had a 66 years ago but it had some feeding challenges. Are they known to have issues with feeding?

Dober

Yep...see it alot with promo ammo...step up to CCI mini-mag HPs and they run like a clock...

I have one -- was my first rifle, and it has digested thousands of rounds, both HV and SV, without a hiccup. I have a Williams receiver sight on it--one that clamps in the scope mount grooves. Great plinker--turtles, squirrels, etc.

The only feeding problem that I ever had with a tube-feed Nylon 66 was with some Junior brand Russian ammo in a light/pale green-blue box about 20 years ago, boy does typing that make me feel old! I've never had a hiccup shooting Fed/Rem/Win bulk ammo, starting back with the Rem red/white/green box stuff in the late 1960s.

JEff

I have several Rem nylon 66's, some 10-C's, and 77's. I have a bolt and a lever, too. The tube-thru-the-stock mod 66 is the best nylon. I have never seen one miss a shell. I feel that they as accurate and more reliable than a 10/22 Ruger, and I have a Ruger, also.

You know my buddy and I were out shooting 22's the other day shooting my old remington tube fed bolt and nylon 66 and we commented on here Remington had two just terrific 22 rifles and just quit production of them and now have basically nothing for a 22 rifle unless you by a 541-s for hundreds of dollars. I mean my little bolt is about 1 piece and a bolt. It couldn't have been very expensive to make what were they thinking. It's the same with savage winchester and the others. Not even a simple single shot with a pull cocking knob on the bolt between the lot of them.

I like my 10-22 with the synthetic camoflaged stock for a light weight plinker. It shoots 11 shot 3" groups (and smaller sometimes) at 100 yards with the Aguila SSS 60 gr sub-sonic ammo. For hunting and targets, I have a little Anshutz bolt gun that'll take the eye out of a sparrow at 50 yards.
Back on topic...I had a 66 many years ago, but it was not very accurate or dependable, and I was just a kid and din't know how to massage it, so I traded it off.

They are pretty much a classic. I agree about the comments about not being super accurate and a mounted scope will have a wandering zero. However for a fun to carry, light, handy iron sighted .22 they are excellent. I am on my second one having traded off my original which I regretted. I carry and use mine nearly every day on my place. Last winter I killed a coyote with it because the Nylon 66 was what I had at the time. The coyote thought it worked. PH

Mine was 77,but near enough. Note the word was. My chief complaint was that it was too light for me to shoot well.

Remember the ad with a picture of Tom Somebodyorother sitting atop a huge pile of wooden blocks that he had shot with 66s to break the record? If I remember correctly, you could get one of the blocks by sending in or something.

Always thought they kind of looked cool. Always wanted a more accurate rifle though.

Was my first gun, and still sits in my safe. Apache black with the chrome finish. Great great little guns. Just about the most fun you will have with your clothes on.

Do you have the model number of that peep sight? I didn't know they made one and would like to find one.

My dad gave my brother and me brown ones he bought new for $50 each at Kmart when remington dicontnued it. Mine had a defect and I traded and have regretted it. Found a black & chrome version about 7 years ago and snapped it up. Don't shoot it much, but I will hold onto it because they seem to gain in value. Don't bother scope mounting it though.